Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 55. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires- " appropriate appointed period " in relation to a person liable to registration, means the period within which such person is required, by virtue of the operation of section 7 or any Order made thereunder, to apply for registration under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act; " appropriate Certifying Officer " in relation to any applicant for registration or any registered person, means the Certifying Officer within whose area of appointment such applicant or person, as the case may be, is ordinarily resident; " appropriate identifying mark ", in relation to any person, means- (a) if such person has a left thumb, an impression in ink of that thumb; or (b) if such person has no left thumb, an impression in ink of his right thumb; or (a) if such person has no left thumb and right thumb, an impression in ink of any finger of his left hand or right hand; " appropriate Tribunal ", in relation to an appeal from the decision of the Commissioner on an application for registration or for the duplicate of an identity card, means a Registra tion of Persons Tribunal for the district from which the application was made; " Assistant Commissioner " means a person appointed to be, or to act as, an Assistant Commissioner for the Registration of Persons for the purposes of this Act; " Certifying Officer " means a person appointed to be, or to act as, a Certifying Officer for the purposes of this Act; " Commissioner " means a person appointed to be, or to act as, the Commissioner for the Registration of Persons for the purposes of this Act; " Deputy Commissioner " means a person appointed to be, or to act as, a Deputy Com missioner for the Registration of Persons for the purposes of this Act; " district " means an administrative district established under the Administrative Districts Act; " employer " means any person who on his own behalf, or on whose behalf any other person, employs any person, and includes any person who on behalf of any other person employs any person, and in particular in the case of any estate, includes any Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Conductor or Kangany; " Government Agent " means the Government Agent for a district, and includes any Assistant Government Agent, or any Additional Assistant Government Agent for that district, or any Office Assistant, or any extra Office Assistant, to such Government Agent; " holder ", in relation to an identity card, means a person to whom such, card is issued under this Act; " identity card " means an identity card issued by the Commissioner under this Act, and includes a duplicate thereof so issued;" person " means an individual; " person liable to registration " means a person who, under the provisions of this Act, is liable to registration; " registered person " means a person registered in the Register of Persons under this Act; " Registration Officer " means a person appointed to be, or to act as, a Registration Officer for the purposes of this Act; " Register of Persons " means the Register of Persons, and includes any part thereof, opened and maintained by the Commissioner under this Act; " registered photographer " means a person registered as a photographer under the provisions of any regulation made under this Act; " registered or registration " means registered, or registration, as the case may be, in the Register of Persons under this Act. |